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Direct linkFleer, Marilyn – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2011
The international trend to increase the cognitive achievement of early childhood children has generated a need for better understanding how concept formation occurs within play-based programs. Yet the theories of play for supporting early childhood professionals were originally not conceptualized with this need in mind. In this article, concepts…
Descriptors: Imagination, Play, Concept Formation, Schemata (Cognition)
